Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Vikings were masters of the oceans. They traveled far and reached new lands because their longships were fast and could sail in shallow water. Vikings’ fearless dragonships were the greatest technical and artistic achievement of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Amorium was a Byzantine city in western Asia Minor (today, modern Anatolia). It was one of Byzantine’s largest and most prestigious cities. Seven great civilizations – Hittite, Phrygian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman –
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Beautiful Machu Picchu in Peru is visited by millions who want to admire the ancient city’s magnificent architecture. This ancient place is on the bucket list of many people, and rightly so, for it is
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists continue excavations of the ruins of the ancient city of Tripolis located on the Büyük Menderes River in western Turkey’s Denizli province, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Denizli city center. Earlier this year,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers say that urgent action is needed regarding a well-known Mesolithic site in southern Sweden – Ageröd. A 2019 survey of well-known archaeological site Ageröd reveals drastic bone and organic matter deterioration since the site’s
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A carved stone box with a llama carved from a spondylus shell and a cylindrical laminated gold foil object were discovered at the bottom of Lake Titicaca, according to researchers from Penn State and the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – As soon as the excavation works will be completed, the archaeologists begin the restoration of Tripolis’ ancient fountain, one of the city’s landmarks. “We are planning to finish all works by the end of this
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Excavations carried out by INRAP (National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research) archaeologists revealed a set of graves dated to the first centuries of our era. In total, more than 70 tombs have been discovered in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Over many centuries, hundreds of ships went down along what is now the coast of Israel. One of them was a 25-meter-long ship that sank about 1,300 years ago, just a few dozen meters from
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The year was 1191 and King Richard Lionheart had no intention of surrendering to harassing attacks by Saladin’s forces. The Battle of Arsuf was fought during the Third Crusade. In this important battle the Crusaders,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A complex system of tunnels and crevices has been discovered by archaeologists under the castle in Olsztyn in the area of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. Some of them could have been used by people in the Middle
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – INAH (National Institute of Anthropology and History) scientists say that the Pyramid of the Moon, which is the second main structure of the Teotihuacan Archaeological Zone and the end of the Calzada de Los Muertos
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Chinese archeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old settlement located only about eight km south of the famous Sanxingdui Ruins, in the city of Guanghan, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Bronze head (138 cm bred) with protruding eyes
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Curiosity has always been a part of human nature, but unfortunately so has also ignorance. Scientific and technological progress has improved our daily lives, but many people are still reluctant to embrace unorthodox new theories.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Four Early Neolithic tombs estimated to date back 8,000 years have been unearthed by a team of Bulgarian archaeologists excavating the Neolithic Slatina site in the capital city Sofia. The tombs belong to three adults
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The investigation of the giant Gjellestad Viking ship burial continues. When scientists examined remnants of the mound that surrounds the ship, they discovered some mysteries. In 2018 archaeologists made an incredible discovery in Norway. Using high-resolution georadar
